In order to support compliance with laboratory safety policies and procedures in the Duke University research laboratories, the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office’s (OESO) Laboratory Safety Division requires routine laboratory evaluations of each Principal Investigator’s (P.I.’s) laboratory (ies). The laboratory evaluation, conducted by a Safety Specialist consists of a review regarding the following safety issues related to federal, state, or local regulations or guidelines:

If you are a new lab on campus or are relocating or closing your existing lab, please review the information found here.

For existing labs, you will be contacted by the safety office to schedule your evaluation. At this time, you will be asked to answer several questions regarding your lab’s organization and can request that the lab safety representative wear the appropriate PPE before entering the lab space.

Before the evaluation:

You should send the following materials electronically to the lab safety representative or to labsafety@dm.duke.edu :

Selecting “Manage Users” to update the list of Lab Contacts and Lab Personnel.

On the “Manage Users” tab, “View” online training records for everyone in the lab. Note inconsistencies in training requirements and contact OESO to make corrections. If personnel are overdue for training, ask them to complete training requirements.